| slovo | definícia |
quito
(encz) | Quito,hl.m. - Ekvádor n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
quito
(encz) | Quito,Quito n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
quito
(czen) | Quito,Quiton: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
quito
(wn) | Quito
n 1: the capital of Ecuador [syn: Quito, capital of Ecuador] |
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common mosquito
(encz) | common mosquito, n: |
iniquitous
(encz) | iniquitous,neřestný adj: Zdeněk Brožiniquitous,nespravedlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožiniquitous,zločinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
iniquitously
(encz) | iniquitously,zločinně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
malaria mosquito
(encz) | malaria mosquito, n: |
malarial mosquito
(encz) | malarial mosquito, n: |
mosquito
(encz) | mosquito,komár Pavel Machekmosquito,moskyt n: Zdeněk Brož |
mosquito bite
(encz) | mosquito bite, n: |
mosquito boat
(encz) | mosquito boat, n: |
mosquito craft
(encz) | mosquito craft, n: |
mosquito fern
(encz) | mosquito fern, n: |
mosquito hawk
(encz) | mosquito hawk, n: |
mosquito net
(encz) | mosquito net,síť proti komárům n: Petr Prášek |
mosquitoes
(encz) | mosquitoes,komáři n: Zdeněk Brožmosquitoes,moskyti n: Zdeněk Brož |
mosquitofish
(encz) | mosquitofish, n: |
quito
(encz) | Quito,hl.m. - Ekvádor n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladQuito,Quito n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
ubiquitous
(encz) | ubiquitous,všudypřítomný adj: |
ubiquitously
(encz) | ubiquitously,všude se vyskytující petnik@code.czubiquitously,všudypřítomný petnik@code.cz |
ubiquitousness
(encz) | ubiquitousness, n: |
yellow-fever mosquito
(encz) | yellow-fever mosquito, n: |
quito
(czen) | Quito,Quiton: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Iniquitous
(gcide) | Iniquitous \In*iq"ui*tous\, a. [From Iniquity.]
Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous
bargain; an iniquitous proceeding.
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Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service.
--Burke.
Syn: Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal.
Usage: Iniquitous, Wicked, Nefarious. Wicked is the
generic term. Iniquitous is stronger, denoting a
violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or
circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a
breach of the most sacred obligations, and points more
directly to the intrinsic badness of the deed.
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Iniquitously
(gcide) | Iniquitously \In*iq"ui*tous*ly\, adv.
In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.
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malaria mosquito
(gcide) | malaria mosquito \malaria mosquito\, malarial mosquito \malarial
mosquito\n.
A mosquito that transmits the malaria parasite; it is most
commonly the Anopheles mosquito.
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malarial mosquito
(gcide) | malaria mosquito \malaria mosquito\, malarial mosquito \malarial
mosquito\n.
A mosquito that transmits the malaria parasite; it is most
commonly the Anopheles mosquito.
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Mosquito
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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Mosquito bar
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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Mosquito fleet
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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Mosquito hawk
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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mosquito hawks
(gcide) | dragon \drag"on\ (dr[a^]g"[u^]n), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr.
Gr. dra`kwn, prob. fr. de`rkesqai, dra`kein, to look (akin to
Skr. dar[,c] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes.
Cf. Drake a dragon, Dragoon.]
1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a
monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head
and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and
ferocious.
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The dragons which appear in early paintings and
sculptures are invariably representations of a
winged crocodile. --Fairholt.
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Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great
monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some
kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents
of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied
metaphorically to Satan.
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Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the
waters. -- Ps. lxxiv.
13.
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Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample
under feet. -- Ps. xci.
13.
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He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a
thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2.
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2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson.
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3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere
figured as a dragon; Draco.
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4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move
through the air as a winged serpent.
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5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached
to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of
a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt.
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6. (Zool.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of
several species, found in the East Indies and Southern
Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are
prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of
wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps
from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
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7. (Zool.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
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8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a
charge in a coat of arms.
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Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in
the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic
of, a dragon.
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Dragon arum (Bot.), the name of several species of
Aris[ae]ma, a genus of plants having a spathe and
spadix. See Dragon root(below).
Dragon fish (Zool.), the dragonet.
Dragon fly (Zool.), any insect of the family
Libellulid[ae]. They have finely formed, large and
strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous
eyes, and a long body; -- called also mosquito hawks.
Their larv[ae] are aquatic and insectivorous.
Dragon root (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[ae]ma
Dracontium}); green dragon.
Dragon's blood, a resinous substance obtained from the
fruit of several species of Calamus, esp. from {Calamus
Rotang} and Calamus Draco, growing in the East Indies. A
substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation
from Drac[ae]na Draco; also from Pterocarpus Draco, a
tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is
red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for
coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar
Gr[ae]corum}.
Dragon's head.
(a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus
Dracocephalum. They are perennial herbs closely
allied to the common catnip.
(b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated,
chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol ?. The deviation
from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one
node to the other seems, according to the fancy of
some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose
belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the
intersections representing the head and tail; -- from
which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc.
Brit.
Dragon shell (Zool.), a species of limpet.
Dragon's skin, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat
resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners
and quarrymen. --Stormonth.
Dragon's tail (Astron.), the descending node of a planet,
indicated by the symbol ?. See Dragon's head (above).
Dragon's wort (Bot.), a plant of the genus Artemisia
(Artemisia dracunculus).
Dragon tree (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree
(Drac[ae]na Draco), yielding one of the resins called
dragon's blood. See Drac[ae]na.
Dragon water, a medicinal remedy very popular in the
earlier half of the 17th century. "Dragon water may do
good upon him." --Randolph (1640).
Flying dragon, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide.
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Mosquito net
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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Mosquito netting
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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Mosquitoes
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
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mosquitofish
(gcide) | mosquitofish \mosquitofish\ n.
A silvery topminnow (Gambusia affinis) with rows of black
spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in
mosquito control.
Syn: Gambusia affinis.
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musquito
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
[1913 Webster]Musquito \Mus*qui"to\, n. (Zool.)
See Mosquito.
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Musquito
(gcide) | Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\ (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[-o]), n.; pl. Mosquitoes
(m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca.
Cf. Musket.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.
[Written also musquito.]
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Mosquito bar, Mosquito net, a net or curtain for
excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels.
Mosquito hawk (Zool.), a dragon fly; -- so called because
it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
making mosquito bars.
[1913 Webster]Musquito \Mus*qui"to\, n. (Zool.)
See Mosquito.
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Paraquito
(gcide) | Paraquet \Par`a*quet"\, Paraquito \Par`a*qui"to\, n. [See
Paroquet.] (Zool.)
See Parrakeet.
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Quito orange
(gcide) | Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus
Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
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Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
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2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
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Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries.
Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena);
-- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea
aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on
account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
(Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zool.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
(Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis
Gloveri}), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).
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Sesquitone
(gcide) | Sesquitone \Ses"qui*tone\, n. [Sesqui- + tone.] (Mus.)
A minor third, or interval of three semitones.
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Solanum Quitoense
(gcide) | Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus
Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
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Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
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2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
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Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries.
Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena);
-- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea
aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on
account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
(Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zool.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
(Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis
Gloveri}), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).
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Ubiquitous
(gcide) | Ubiquitous \U*biq"ui*tous\ ([-u]*b[i^]k"w[i^]*t[u^]s), a. [See
Ubiquity.]
Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same
time; omnipresent. -- U*biq"ui*tous*ly, adv.
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In this sense is he ubiquitous. --R. D.
Hitchcock.
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Ubiquitously
(gcide) | Ubiquitous \U*biq"ui*tous\ ([-u]*b[i^]k"w[i^]*t[u^]s), a. [See
Ubiquity.]
Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same
time; omnipresent. -- U*biq"ui*tous*ly, adv.
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In this sense is he ubiquitous. --R. D.
Hitchcock.
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asian tiger mosquito
(wn) | Asian tiger mosquito
n 1: striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and
midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean;
potential carrier of serious diseases [syn: {Asian tiger
mosquito}, Aedes albopictus] |
common mosquito
(wn) | common mosquito
n 1: common house mosquito [syn: common mosquito, {Culex
pipiens}] |
iniquitous
(wn) | iniquitous
adj 1: characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed
to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful
to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" [syn: iniquitous,
sinful, ungodly] |
iniquitously
(wn) | iniquitously
adv 1: in an iniquitous manner; "they really believed that the
treaty of Versailles was iniquitously injust" |
malaria mosquito
(wn) | malaria mosquito
n 1: transmits the malaria parasite [syn: malarial mosquito,
malaria mosquito] |
malarial mosquito
(wn) | malarial mosquito
n 1: transmits the malaria parasite [syn: malarial mosquito,
malaria mosquito] |
mosquito
(wn) | mosquito
n 1: two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to
pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals |
mosquito bite
(wn) | mosquito bite
n 1: a sting inflicted by a mosquito |
mosquito boat
(wn) | mosquito boat
n 1: a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat;
P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat [syn: PT boat, mosquito boat,
mosquito craft, motor torpedo boat] |
mosquito craft
(wn) | mosquito craft
n 1: a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat;
P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat [syn: PT boat, mosquito boat,
mosquito craft, motor torpedo boat] |
mosquito fern
(wn) | mosquito fern
n 1: small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United
States to tropical America; naturalized in western and
southern Europe [syn: mosquito fern, floating fern,
Carolina pond fern, Azolla caroliniana] |
mosquito hawk
(wn) | mosquito hawk
n 1: slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings
that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on
mosquitoes etc. [syn: dragonfly, darning needle,
devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder,
snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk]
2: mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker [syn: nighthawk,
bullbat, mosquito hawk] |
mosquito net
(wn) | mosquito net
n 1: a fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect
against mosquitos |
mosquitofish
(wn) | mosquitofish
n 1: silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical
North America and West Indies; important in mosquito
control [syn: mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis] |
quito
(wn) | Quito
n 1: the capital of Ecuador [syn: Quito, capital of Ecuador] |
solanum quitoense
(wn) | Solanum quitoense
n 1: small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South
America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling
tomatoes or oranges [syn: naranjilla, {Solanum
quitoense}] |
ubiquitous
(wn) | ubiquitous
adj 1: being present everywhere at once [syn: omnipresent,
ubiquitous] |
ubiquitousness
(wn) | ubiquitousness
n 1: the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be
everywhere at once) [syn: ubiquity, ubiquitousness,
omnipresence] |
yellow-fever mosquito
(wn) | yellow-fever mosquito
n 1: mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue [syn:
yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti] |
ubiquitous computing
(foldoc) | ubiquitous computing
Computers everywhere. Making many computers available
throughout the physical environment, while making them
effectively invisible to the user. Ubiquitous computing is
held by some to be the Third Wave of computing. The First
Wave was many people per computer, the Second Wave was one
person per computer. The Third Wave will be many computers
per person. Three key technical issues are: power
consumption, user interface, and wireless connectivity.
The idea of ubiquitous computing as invisible computation was
first articulated by Mark Weiser in 1988 at the Computer
Science Lab at Xerox PARC.
(http://ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/weiser.html).
(1994-12-23)
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